The death of the Caribbean // Leaving Guatemala, I take one last look at the enormous ceiba trees, majestic symbols of the country. A strange sadness accompanies this farewell, while I am excited to change the country after three months, I don’t want to leave the trees. They seem so solid, standing against the face…
A Disorderly Ride Blessed by Our Lord Jesus // In November 2019, a century will pass since Alma M. Karlin took on her grand voyage around the world. Eight years of Colombian dreams, as she called her adventure herself, this petite Slovenian writer. A woman of enormous intellectual strength, but not much physical power, followed…
How many evangelical churches does Guatemala need? Bill 5272, created by the evangelical church, intends to criminalize miscarriage and same-sex marriages, is one step away from legalization. With the evangelical church being significantly active in rural Guatemala, history reveals how the fall of Catholicism during the Civil war opened a space for the new doctrine….
The textile cooperative is an association of women for artisan development in backstrap loom weaving. Founded in 1988, Trama Textiles consists of 400 women, forming 17 groups of weavers from five different regions in the western part of the Guatemalan highlands: Sacatepéquez, Sololá, Quiché, Quetzaltenango, and Huehuetenango. Developing from co-dependent first steps, the cooperative is…